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GBIF·2381711speciesAnimalia17 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyPseudochromidae
  5. ›genusPseudochromis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Sri Lankan Dottyback

Pseudochromis dilectus Lubbock, 1976

Also calledPseudodonzela-de-recife (por) · sapínovec cejlonský (ces)

First described in: Lubbock, R. (1976). Fishes of the family Pseudochromidae (Perciformes) in the central Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 10 (2): 167-177. [Date of publication confirmed by Evenhuis 2003:58 [ref. 27365].].

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2381711.